Is this the worst ever intro to a Lionel Messi story?

MARTIN Lipton wants to talk about Lionel Messi. Lipton is the Mirror’s chief football reporter. He notes:

Astronomically, there is only one month out of 12 called Leo. But 2012 has been the year of another Lio – and the king of football could be crowned as the greatest goal-scorer ever tonight.

Messi was born on 24 June 1987. He’s a Cancer born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit. Maybe he can be Real Madrid’s tumour and make other players’ eat their own poo? Justa couple if ideas, Martin, for future intros…